24 July 2024 A report has been presented by the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability entitled The Role of Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs) in Prescription Drug Markets.
The Indian government has announced a full exemption from customs duties on three cancer medications: trastuzumab deruxtecan, osimertinib and durvalumab. 24 July 2024
Positive top-line results from the Phase III AFFINE study (NCT04370054) evaluating giroctocogene fitelparvovec, an investigational gene therapy for the treatment of adults with moderately severe to severe hemophilia A, were released today by US pharma giant Pfizer. 24 July 2024
Sage Therapeutics’ shares plunged nearly 22% to $10.25 in pre-market activity, as it announced disappointing top-line results from the Phase II KINETIC 2 dose-range study of the oral investigational drug SAGE-324 (BIIB124) as a potential treatment in essential tremor (ET). 24 July 2024
A report has been presented by the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability entitled The Role of Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs) in Prescription Drug Markets. 24 July 2024
US pharma giant Merck & Co has released positive top-line results from its Phase IIb/III clinical trial (MK-1654-004) evaluating clesrovimab (MK-1654), 24 July 2024
The US medicines regulator has issued a warning letter to Indian contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) Brassica Pharma for severe data integrity violations at its manufacturing facility in Thane. 24 July 2024
Former executives at Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ) have teamed up to launch a new biotech company, Third Arc Bio, with significant backing from investors. 24 July 2024
Australian radiopharma developer Telix Pharmaceuticals Limited has launched an offering of A$600 million ($405 million) of convertible notes due 2029. 24 July 2024
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced it has approved Millicent’s Femlyv (norethindrone acetate and ethinyl estradiol), the first orally disintegrating tablet approved for the prevention of pregnancy. 24 July 2024
Brenig Therapeutics, a neurology-focused drug development company using an AI-based discovery platform, has closed a $65 million series A financing. 24 July 2024
Tuesday was not a good day for shareholders in US biopharma Cellectar Biosciences—a US biopharma focused on the discovery, development and commercialization of drugs for the treatment of cancer. 23 July 2024
The UK Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has today approved a new indication for Wegovy (semaglutide) to reduce the risk of overweight and obese adults suffering serious heart problems or strokes. 23 July 2024
Cambridge, USA-based biotech incubator Flagship Pioneering today unveiled Abiologics, a company reimagining biologics with the creation of a new class of supranatural and programmable medicines, called Synteins. 23 July 2024
Swiss pharma giant Roche and US biotech Regeneron are on the cusp of transforming the vascular endothelial growth factor A (VEGF-A) therapy market with their revolutionary treatments, Vabysmo (faricimab), and Eylea HD (aflibercept). 23 July 2024
UK-based Touchlight, a CDMO advancing enzymatic DNA production to enable the genetic medicine revolution, has announced a license agreement with London-based pharma major GSK (LSE: GSK). 23 July 2024
The Indian government has announced a full exemption from customs duties on three cancer medications: trastuzumab deruxtecan, osimertinib and durvalumab. 24 July 2024
Positive top-line results from the Phase III AFFINE study (NCT04370054) evaluating giroctocogene fitelparvovec, an investigational gene therapy for the treatment of adults with moderately severe to severe hemophilia A, were released today by US pharma giant Pfizer. 24 July 2024
Sage Therapeutics’ shares plunged nearly 22% to $10.25 in pre-market activity, as it announced disappointing top-line results from the Phase II KINETIC 2 dose-range study of the oral investigational drug SAGE-324 (BIIB124) as a potential treatment in essential tremor (ET). 24 July 2024
A report has been presented by the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability entitled The Role of Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs) in Prescription Drug Markets. 24 July 2024
US pharma giant Merck & Co has released positive top-line results from its Phase IIb/III clinical trial (MK-1654-004) evaluating clesrovimab (MK-1654), 24 July 2024
The US medicines regulator has issued a warning letter to Indian contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) Brassica Pharma for severe data integrity violations at its manufacturing facility in Thane. 24 July 2024
Former executives at Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ) have teamed up to launch a new biotech company, Third Arc Bio, with significant backing from investors. 24 July 2024
Australian radiopharma developer Telix Pharmaceuticals Limited has launched an offering of A$600 million ($405 million) of convertible notes due 2029. 24 July 2024
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced it has approved Millicent’s Femlyv (norethindrone acetate and ethinyl estradiol), the first orally disintegrating tablet approved for the prevention of pregnancy. 24 July 2024
Brenig Therapeutics, a neurology-focused drug development company using an AI-based discovery platform, has closed a $65 million series A financing. 24 July 2024
Tuesday was not a good day for shareholders in US biopharma Cellectar Biosciences—a US biopharma focused on the discovery, development and commercialization of drugs for the treatment of cancer. 23 July 2024
The UK Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has today approved a new indication for Wegovy (semaglutide) to reduce the risk of overweight and obese adults suffering serious heart problems or strokes. 23 July 2024
Cambridge, USA-based biotech incubator Flagship Pioneering today unveiled Abiologics, a company reimagining biologics with the creation of a new class of supranatural and programmable medicines, called Synteins. 23 July 2024
Swiss pharma giant Roche and US biotech Regeneron are on the cusp of transforming the vascular endothelial growth factor A (VEGF-A) therapy market with their revolutionary treatments, Vabysmo (faricimab), and Eylea HD (aflibercept). 23 July 2024
UK-based Touchlight, a CDMO advancing enzymatic DNA production to enable the genetic medicine revolution, has announced a license agreement with London-based pharma major GSK (LSE: GSK). 23 July 2024